WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2017 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 147

BY Senator Maynard

[Introduced February 8, 2017; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Racing Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to pari-mutuel wagering.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-7-1. Racing Commission.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 18, 2016, authorized under the authority of section six, article twenty-three, chapter nineteen of this code, modified by the Racing Commission to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 19, 2016, relating to the Racing Commission (Pari-Mutuel Wagering, 178 CSR 05), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Racing Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Pari-Mutuel Wagering.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.